Hermits and recluses in English society, 950-1200
By: Tom Licence
Publisher: Oxford University Press
Published: 2011
Place of publication: Oxford; New York
Language: eng
Number of pages: 240
ISBN-13: 9780199592364
Subjects: Social life and customs; Einsiedler; Inklusen; Social conditions; Recluses; History; Hermits
Notes: Includes bibliographical references (p. [209]-230) and index.
Table of contents: title: The Anglo-Saxon and European background. The Anglo-Saxon inheritance, 650-950 ; The wider European context, 950-1100; title: The rise of the hermit in England. The eremitic ideal, c.950-c.1050 ; Ascetics and hermits, c.1050-c.1080 ; Hermits and their admirers, c.1080-c.1120; title: The rise of the recluse. Recluses in the German Empire ; The rise of the recluse in England; title: How anchorites made a living. Anchorites and their patrons ; Pioneers in the wilderness ; Living in a cell; title: Eradicating sin, in theory. Model 1 : exile as a satisfactory penance ; Model 2 : exile as the preliminary phase of purgation ; Model 3 : anachoresis as the imitatio Christi ; Modelling reclusion ; Models outside the monasteries; title: Eradicating sin, in practice. Escaping the world ; Purifying the mind and overcoming the flesh ; Warning with demons ; Forbearance in the vocation; title: How anchorites helped others. Inspiring repentance ; Intercession ; Clients and confraternities ; Mediating God's power; title: How anchorites became saints.